Robert Powell - IMDb IMDb Actor | Miscellaneous Crew Robert Powell was born on Thursday, June 1st, 1944, five days before D-Day, on Tuesday, June 6th, 1944, in Salford, Manchester, England. In 1964, he started his acting career while attending Manchester University. In 1967, he made his film debut, and later landed his first starring role in The Italian Job (1969). Some of his well-known movies ... See full bio » Born: Robert Powell - Alchetron, The Free Social Encyclopedia I Love to read n write about Interesting People Robert Powell Spouse Babs Powell (m.

1975) Years active 1966–present Born 1 June 1944 (age 71) (1944-06-01) Salford, Lancashire, England Education University of Salford, Manchester Grammar School, University of Manchester Children Barney Powell, Kate Powell Parents Kathleen Davis Powell, John Wilson Powell Movies and TV shows Jesus of Nazareth, The Detectives, Holby City, Mahler, Tommy Similar People Babs Powell, Jasper Carrott, Ken Russell, Olivia Hussey, David Hemmings jesus of nazareth part 1 robert powell Sponsored Links Robert Powell (born 1 June 1944) is an English television and film actor, best known for the title role in Jesus of Nazareth (1977) and as the fictional secret agent Richard Hannay. He is also known for his role as Mark Williams in BBC One medical drama, Holby City, and as David Briggs in the sitcom The Detectives alongside Jasper Carrott.

His distinctive voice has become well known in advertisements and documentaries, especially in World War II documentaries such as World War II in HD Colour, Hitler's Bodyguard, The Story of the Third Reich and Secrets of World War II. Hannibal thompson vs robert powell shaquille o neal s next all star comedy shaq Early life Powell was born in Salford, Lancashire, the son of Kathleen (nee Davis) and John Wilson Powell. Powell was educated at Manchester Grammar School (where one of his classmates was the actor Ben Kingsley), then a direct grant grammar school for boys in the city of Manchester in North West England, and later at the Royal College of Advanced Technology in Salford. Career Powell took up acting while an undergraduate. He had aspired to become a lawyer and in 1963-4 attended an external London University LLB degree Course at the Manchester College of Commerce but at the same time quietly took acting roles under Trevor Nunn. At the College of Commerce he swapped roles with Bernard Brandon in a week-long College Revue of Comedy Sketches to see which role gave him "the best laughs". This early comedy experience was later to be fulfilled with Jasper Carrott.

After this he secured a post at a repertory theatre in Stoke-on-Trent.His first film part was in Robbery when he played the driver of the driver who is coshed in the Stanley Baker film about the great train robbery. He had a small role in the original film version of The Italian Job (1969) playing one of the gang, but had to wait a few years for his first success, playing scientist Toby Wren in the BBC's science fiction series, Doomwatch in 1970. Having been killed off in the last episode of the original series, at his request, Powell became a pin-up and a household name, following up with starring roles in several BBC serials, including television adaptations of the novels Sentimental Education (1970) and Jude the Obscure (1971). He also appeared in the 1975 series Looking for Clancy, based on the Frederic Mullally novel Clancy.

For several years Powell continued as a television regular, with occasional forays into film, as the Austrian composer Gustav Mahler in the Ken Russell biopic Mahler (1974) and Captain Walker in Russell's film version of Tommy (1975). His role in Tommy had no lines at all and apart from a few early scenes during the overture with Ann-Margret, he is primarily seen through the mind of his son as played by Barry Winch (Young Tommy) and Roger Daltrey. In one of those scenes Captain Walker is shown in a crucifixion pose. Sponsored Links He then played Jesus Christ in Jesus of Nazareth (1977) following a successful second audition with Franco Zeffirelli. The two-part television film had an all-star cast, including Laurence Olivier, Ernest Borgnine and Stacey Keach, Christopher Plummer, Rod Steiger and James Mason. For this role, Powell was nominated for a BAFTA award, and collected the TVTimes Best Actor award for the same performance. In 1975, Powell married his girlfriend, the Pan's People dancer Babs Lord, shortly before he was due to start filming for Jesus of Nazareth on location in Morocco.

On 23 November 1977, they had their son, Barney, followed in 1979 by a daughter, Kate. In 1978, Powell took the leading role of Richard Hannay in the third film version of The Thirty Nine Steps. It met with modest success, and critics compared Powell's portrayal of John Buchan's character favourably with his predecessors. His characterisation proved to be enduring, as almost ten years later a television series entitled simply Hannay appeared with Powell back in the role, (although the Buchan short stories on which the series was based were set in an earlier period than The Thirty-Nine Steps). Hannay ran for two seasons. In 1980, Powell appeared in the film Harlequin playing the Harlequin of the title who seems to have the power to cure the son of a powerful politician. For this performance, he won the Best Actor Award at the Paris Film Festival. In 1982, he won Best Actor at the Venice Film Festival for his role in Imperativ.

Powell then agreed to a request from his old friend and golf partner, comedian Jasper Carrott, taking the part of an incompetent detective in a succession of sketches that formed part of Carrott's television series. The Detectives was so popular that it was turned into a sitcom, Powell's first and only venture into this genre. In 1984, Powell made his U.S. film debut in What Waits Below (as known as Secrets of the Phantom Caverns). In 1986, Powell narrated and co-starred in William C. Faure's popular miniseries Shaka Zulu, with football legend Henry Cele in the title role. In 1992, he starred in the New Zealand World War I film Chunuk Bair, as Sgt Maj Frank Smith. In 1993-1995, he was the voice actor of Dr Livesey in The Legends of Treasure Island. Nowadays Powell appears in person less often, but his distinctive voice is frequently heard on voice-overs, advertisements and as a narrator of television programmes such as Great Crimes and Trials and The Century of Warfare and World War II in HD Colour.

He read the novel Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel Garcia Marquez for BBC Radio 4's Book at Bedtime, and has also narrated many audio books including The Thirty Nine Steps, abridged versions of many of Alan Garner's books, and several abridged novels for 'The Talking Classics Collection'. Powell has also lent his voice to musical works, such as David Bedford's album The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, or the 2002 rock opera The Hound of the Baskervilles, by Clive Nolan and Oliver Wakeman, where he played the role of John Watson. He also narrated on two rock albums by Rick Wakeman called Cost of Living and The Gospels (1987). On 29 October 2001, a state-of-the-art theatre named after him was opened at the University of Salford. He became a patron of 24:7 Theatre Festival in 2004, and continues to operate in this capacity as of 2014. In early 2005 he became a regular in the UK TV medical drama, Holby City, where he remained for six years before departing to return to theatre.

On 9 February 2008, he performed as narrator in Prokofiev's Peter and the Wolf with the Huddersfield Philharmonic Orchestra with conductor Natalia Luis-Bassa in the North of England. He currently has a regular spot narrating literary passages on BBC4's The Book Quiz and will appear in Aladdin at the Malvern Theatre this winter . On 20 December 2014, he took on the role of "Ebenezer Scrooge" in Neil Brand's BBC Radio 4 adaptation of A Christmas Carol. IMDb: Most Popular People Born In "Manchester/ England/ UK" Most Popular People Born In "Manchester/ England/ UK" 1-50 of 877 names. Holliday Grainger Actress, Jane Eyre 2. Olivia Cooke Actress, Me and Earl and the Dying Girl Olivia Cooke was born and raised in Oldham, a former textile manufacturing town in Greater Manchester, North West England. She comes from a family of non-actors; her father, John, is a retired police officer, and her mother is a sales representative. Cooke attended Royton and Crompton Secondary School and studied drama at Oldham Sixth Form College...

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Share Get daily updates directly to your inbox + Subscribe Could not subscribe, try again laterInvalid Email ONE of Britain’s top actors is to be honoured by the University of Huddersfield. Robert Powell – whose roles have ranged from Jesus Christ to stiff-upper-lip hero Richard Hannay – is to receive an honorary degree from the University of Huddersfield. It will be presented at an awards ceremony next month. Powell, whose early-career roles included a cameo part in the 1969 classic The Italian Job, found fame in the 1977 TV series Jesus of Nazareth. He starred in the 1978 remake of The Thirty Nine Steps and reprised the role of its central character Richard Hannay in a 1980s TV series. Alongside Jasper Carrott, he was a bungling sleuth in the 1990s sitcom The Detectives. Recent TV roles have included a six-year stint in BBC 1’s Holby City. Powell also has one of the most familiar voices on TV and radio, for his readings and voice-overs.

He has also given many live theatre performances and has been a special guest of Huddersfield Philharmonic Orchestra, as the narrator in Peter and the Wolf and the compère of Town Hall concerts featuring film music. Born in Salford and educated at Manchester Grammar School, Powell has many links with the art and theatre of the North of England. His early theatre experiences included a season with Alan Ayckbourn’s company in Scarborough and at the Bolton Octagon Theatre. He will receive an Honorary Doctorate of the University of Huddersfield at the July Awards Ceremonies. He joins a 2013 list of award recipients that includes popular artist Ashley Jackson and Yorkshire-born entrepreneur Kavita Oberoi. Like us on Facebook Robert Powell (Actor) - Pics, Videos, Dating, & News Robert Powell Male Born Jun 1, 1944 Robert Powell is an English television and film actor, probably most famous for his title role in Jesus of Nazareth (1977) and as the fictional secret agent Richard Hannay. His distinctive voice has become well known in advertisements and documentaries.

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… Read More At the College of Commerce he swapped roles with Bernard Brandon in a week-long College Revue of Comedy Sketches to see which role gave him "the best laughs". This early comedy experience was later to be fulfilled with Jasper Carrott. After this he secured a post at a repertory theatre in Stoke-on-Trent. His first film part was in Robbery when he played the engine driver who was coshed in the Stanley Baker film about the Great Train Robbery. Read Less TWENTIES 1970 26 Years Old He had a small role in the original film version of The Italian Job (1969) playing one of the gang, but had to wait a few years for his first success, playing scientist Toby Wren in the BBC's science fiction series, Doomwatch in 1970. … Read More Having been killed off in Doomwatch right at the end of Series One in a bomb explosion, at his request, Powell became a pin-up and a household name, following up with starring roles in several BBC serials, including television adaptations of the novels Sentimental Education (1970) and Jude the Obscure (1971).

Read Less THIRTIES Show Less He also appeared in the 1975 series Looking for Clancy, based on the Frederic Mullally novel Clancy. … Read More For several years Powell continued as a television regular, with occasional forays into film, as the Austrian composer Gustav Mahler in the Ken Russell biopic Mahler (1974) and Captain Walker in Russell's film version of Tommy (1975). His role in Tommy had few lines, speaking only during the overture with Ann-Margret, he is primarily seen through the mind of his son as played by Barry Winch (Young Tommy) and Roger Daltrey. In one of those scenes Captain Walker is shown in a crucifixion pose.<br /><br /> He then played Jesus Christ in Jesus of Nazareth (1977) following a successful second audition with Franco Zeffirelli. The four-part television film had an all-star cast, including Laurence Olivier, Ernest Borgnine and Stacey Keach, Christopher Plummer, Rod Steiger and James Mason. For this role, Powell was nominated for a BAFTA award, and collected the TVTimes Best Actor award for the same performance.

Read Less In 1975, Powell married his girlfriend, the Pan's People dancer Babs Lord, shortly before he was due to start filming for Jesus of Nazareth on location in Morocco. … Read More On 23 November 1977, they had their son, Barney, followed in 1979 by a daughter, Kate. Read Less 1978 34 Years Old In 1978, Powell took the leading role of Richard Hannay in the third film version of The Thirty Nine Steps. … Read More It met with modest success, and critics compared Powell's portrayal of John Buchan's character favourably with his predecessors. His characterisation proved to be enduring, as almost ten years later a television series entitled simply Hannay appeared with Powell back in the role, (although the Buchan short stories on which the series was based were set in an earlier period than The Thirty-Nine Steps). Hannay ran for two seasons. Read Less 1980 36 Years Old In 1980, Powell appeared in the film Harlequin playing the Harlequin of the title who seems to have the power to cure the son of a powerful politician.

… Read More For this performance, he won the Best Actor Award at the Paris Film Festival. Read Less 1982 38 Years Old In 1982, he won Best Actor at the Venice Film Festival for his role in Imperativ. … Read More Powell then agreed to a request from his old friend and golf partner, comedian Jasper Carrott, taking the part of an incompetent detective in a succession of sketches that formed part of Carrott's television series. The Detectives was so popular that it was turned into a sitcom, Powell's first and only venture into this genre. Read Less FORTIES 1984 40 Years Old In 1984, Powell made his U.S. film debut in What Waits Below (as known as Secrets of the Phantom Caverns). 1986 42 Years Old In 1986, Powell narrated and co-starred in William C. Faure's popular miniseries Shaka Zulu, with football legend Henry Cele in the title role. 1992 48 Years Old In 1992, he starred in the New Zealand First World War film Chunuk Bair, as Sgt Maj Frank Smith.

1993 49 Years Old In 1993-95, he was the voice actor of Dr Livesey in The Legends of Treasure Island. … Read More Nowadays Powell appears in person less often, but his distinctive voice is frequently heard on voice-overs, advertisements and as a narrator of television programmes such as Great Crimes and Trials and The Century of Warfare and World War II in HD Colour. He read the novel Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel Garcia Marquez for BBC Radio 4's Book at Bedtime, and has also narrated many audio books including The Thirty Nine Steps, abridged versions of many of Alan Garner's books, and several abridged novels for 'The Talking Classics Collection'. Read Less FIFTIES 2002 58 Years Old Powell has also lent his voice to musical works, such as David Bedford's album The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, or the 2002 rock opera The Hound of the Baskervilles, by Clive Nolan and Oliver Wakeman, where he played the role of John Watson.

… Read More He also narrated on two rock albums by Rick Wakeman called Cost of Living and The Gospels (1987).<br /><br /> On 29 October 2001, a state-of-the-art theatre named after him was opened at the University of Salford. Read Less LATE ADULTHOOD 2004 60 Years Old He became a patron of 24:7 Theatre Festival in 2004, and continues to operate in this capacity as of 2014. 2005 61 Years Old In early 2005 he became a regular in the UK TV medical drama, Holby City, where he remained for six years before departing to return to theatre. 2008 64 Years Old On 9 February 2008, he performed as narrator in Prokofiev's Peter and the Wolf with the Huddersfield Philharmonic Orchestra with conductor Natalia Luis-Bassa in the North of England. … Read More He currently has a regular spot narrating literary passages on BBC4's The Book Quiz. Read Less Original Authors of this text are noted on .

Question: At which North West University is the Robert Powell theatre, in the city of his birth?
Answer: SALFORD